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New Zealand's National and Labour in dead heat days before election, poll shows

Reuters

Nov 3 (Reuters) - New ‌Zealand's ruling National party and centre-left opposition Labour are ​neck-and-neck in ‌the final days before Saturday's general ‌election, according to the latest opinion polling.

• The final 1News ‌Verian poll released on Tuesday put the conservative National Party at 30%, up one point, narrowly ahead of Labour, ⁠which gained two points to ‌29%

• The Greens were ⁠up one point to 16%

• ACT ​and NZ First, currently in a coalition with National, were both ​down two points to 10% ​and ‌8%, respectively

• The centrist Opportunity party ​was unchanged at 6%

• Te ⁠Pati Maori was up ‌0.3 points ​to 0.4%

• The ​numbers mean either a right coalition with National, ACT and NZ First, or a left bloc with Labour, ‌the Greens and Te Pati Maori, would need support from Opportunity to ‌form ​a government

• New Zealand uses a mixed-member proportional system, which tends to favour coalition governments

(Reporting by Christine Chen in ‌Sydney; Editing by Saad Sayeed)